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This is a standard work of reference for the study of the religious history of western Christianity in the later middle ages which, since its original publicati

This is a standard work of reference for the study of the religious history of western Christianity in the later middle ages which, since its original publicati

In this original study of the making of saintly reputations, Aviad M. Kleinberg shows how sainthood, though frequently seen as a personal trait, is actually the

Stories of the torture and execution of beautiful Christian women first appeared in late antiquity and proliferated during the early Middle Ages. A thousand yea

Bodily suffering and patient, Christlike attitudes towards that suffering were among the key characteristics of sainthood throughout the medieval period. Drawin